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24 Aug 2010 : Power to the people can change lives  Cape Times
It was a sunny Cape Town winter's day, but as we sat in Linda's shack interviewing her about her energy uses and needs, we steadily grew colder and colder.
16 Aug 2010 : Eskom-kragpryse kan SA baie poste kos  SAKE 24
Eskom se hoer kragpryse kan Suid-Mrika tussen 25 000 en 30000 poste per jaar kos.
16 Aug 2010 : NYDA to take stock of youth development rate in South Africa  Publicity Update
High quality education; job creation; initiating skills development programmes; and getting young people to volunteer their services for the benefit of their communities are some of the targets that have been outlined in the African Youth Charter; National Youth Policy; and World Youth Programme. "We will take stock of the progress we have made thus far and assess ways we can fast track our plans," says Andile Lungisa, the NYDA Chairperson.
02 Aug 2010 : Talk reveals the roots of African fear  Pretoria News
Who is most xenophobic in South Africa? White, DA-supporting pensioners, a survey by Canadian researchers shows.
02 Aug 2010 : White pensioners most xenophobic - Canadian survey  Cape Times
Who is most xenophobic in South Africa? White, DA-supporting pensioners, according to a survey by Canadian researchers.
02 Aug 2010 : Let teachers strike in holidays, so pupils won't be losers  Business Day
It it time for the law to change in order to make it illegal for school teachers to strike? Of course not. They must be allowed to strike - but only during school holidays.
02 Aug 2010 : Lack of parenting castigated  Daily News
Parents should take the blame for the high number of abortions in South Africa, according to a top family policy expert, who has said that "lack of parenting" was resulting in girls as young as 12 getting pregnant.
18 Jul 2010 : Hoerskool  Sondag
Skole werk deesdae bietjie anders as 'n paar jaar terug. Deesdae kan jy ingaan met 'n tas en uitkom met 'n stootwaentjie.
18 Jul 2010 : 'Zuma must act on Nyanda'  City Press
President Jacob Zuma is under pressure to break his silence on Communications Minister Siphiwe Nyanda, who was this week accused of interfering in the awarding of tenders in his department.
16 Jul 2010 : Kubhekwa ukuthi ingabe isishiyeleni iNdebe yomHlaba?  UmAfrika
Inhlangano eyengamele ezokuVakasha esifundazweni saKwaZulu-Natal, iTourism KwaZulu-Natal (TKZN) ithi nanxa engakabi khona umuntu ophumela obala ngokuthi imidlalo yeNdebe yomHlaba ebigqugquzelwe yiFederation of International Football Association (Fifa) ibe namuphi umthelela kwezomnotho eNingizimu Afrika, ingasho ngeqgholo ukuthi iKwaZulu-Natal ihlomulile okungenani ngoR2-billion.
07 Jul 2010 : Service delivery protests may resurface  Eye Witness News
The Human Sciences Research Council on Tuesday warned that the state can expect protests over poor basic services to resurface, after the World Cup.
05 Jul 2010 : Fragile institutions resist pressure  Business Day
Reaction to the court's guilty verdict on Friday, in the case of former national police commissioner Jackie Selebi on charges of corruption, has been unanimous, a rare and interesting development in post-apartheid SA.
07 Jun 2010 : The changing political face of the God squad  Daily News
Back in the bad old days of apartheid, things seemed to be a lot clearer when it came to God and politics.
31 May 2010 : Lack of quality healthcare causes rise in orphans  Mail&Guardian Online
Two small boys play quietly on a jungle gym, some distance away from other children. The six-year-old twins, who live at the Masigcine children's centre in Mfuleni township, 35km out of Cape Town, are severely traumatised from being orphaned at the age of one and have difficulty relating to their peers.
31 May 2010 : Civil society must anchor a developmental state  Business Day
Turning SA into a developmental state would require much more political mobilisation than the African National Congress (ANC) has been able to mu ster so far. This is because the success of a developmental state in the 21st century requires stronger and more effective linkages between the state and civil society, linkages that are at best weak — and at worst nonexistent — in SA.
30 May 2010 : Poor healthcare, more orphans  Health24.com
Two small boys play quietly on a jungle gym, some distance away from other children. The six-year-old twins, who live at the Masigcine children's centre in Mfuleni township, 35km out of Cape Town, are severely traumatised from being orphaned at the age of one and have difficulty relating to their peers.
30 May 2010 : SA has 3m orphans  City Press
Three million girls and boys up to the age of 18 years are orphaned, according to a new study released by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC).
30 May 2010 : The Sunday Times Literary Awards 2010  Sunday Times
As the World Cup hogs the headlines, local fiction and non-fiction perseveres in its quest to make sense of the past, the present and the challenges of the future, writes Tymon Smith.
26 May 2010 : 'Doctors ignored my cries'  The Star
Jessica Mushumba’s nightmare at Johannesburg’s Charlotte Maxeke Academic Hospital ended when the daughter she was going to call Mercy died soon after birth.
25 May 2010 : Aids figures a shocking reflection on government  The Herald
A Human Sciences Research Council survey conducted in 2008 has revealed the extent of the impact of the HIV/Aids pandemic on this country and especially its children. The frightening reality is that there are more than three million orphans in South Africa, 23% of whom are in the Eastern Cape, a province characterised by high levels of poverty and unemployment with Nelson Mandela Bay, for example, having 107 239 households out of 289 000 classified as indigent.
19 May 2010 : Family strength is at the heart of it all  Tyerburger
The Department of Social Development wants to stregthen family structures and provide education and assistance in dealing with various social ills in the community with the hosting of its Family Strenths Expos, the first of which took place last week.
19 May 2010 : Why transport is not the only way to get our cities moving  Business Day
In his Freedom Day speech on April 27, President Jacob Zuma issued a sharp reminder of our failure to address the legacy of urban segregation: “Our people still have to daily confront the impact. Many still live in areas once designated for black people away from economic opportunities and civic services.”
17 May 2010 : Province rolls out plan to reduce child mortality rate  Cape Times
The Western Cape Health Department has rolled out a plan to combat and reduce the mortality rate of children under the age of five.
16 May 2010 : Local teacher has Aids plan  Sunday Tribune
Shomane Pillay is the head biology teacher at Northwood Boys' High, in Durban North. As one of the "chosen", she says her knowledge of biology means she is well-placed to implement an HIV/AIDS prevention plan.
14 May 2010 : SA infant mortality unacceptably high  Daily News
A new study on child health in South Africa has raised a red flag on the level of maternal and antenatal health care provided in the country's public health institutions.
14 May 2010 : Infant mortality in South Africa 'unacceptably high'  Pretoria News
A new study on child health has raised a red flag on the level of maternal and antenatal health care provided in South Africa's public health institutions.
14 May 2010 : Ban infant formula: Motsoaledi  Health24
Infant milk formula was "no different from skin lightening creams" and should be banned worldwide, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said on Thursday.
14 May 2010 : Motsoaledi denies call for banning of formula  The Star
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has this morning denied wanting a worldwide ban on infant formula, but he did stress that formula feeding should be the exception rather than the rule.
14 May 2010 : SA's orphaned children near half-million mark  Pretoria News
More than 400 000 children in South Africa are growing up orphans, a Human Sciences Research Council study has revealed.
14 May 2010 : Young children having sex  Sowetan
An estimated 1 in 10 boys and 1 in 7 girls have had sex by the time they turn 15, according to a survey.
14 May 2010 : Call for joint effort to protect children  BuaNewsonline
A study by the Health Sciences Research Council (HSRC) has recommended a concerted effort by all stakeholders to minimise the risks facing children due to sexual abuse and HIV at community level.
14 May 2010 : One in ten kids in SA 'have had sex'  Diamond Fields Advertiser
More than one in 10 boys and one in seven girls have had sex by the time they turn 15, according to a report released yesterday. The report was compiled by the Human Sciences Research Council from data collected in 2008 for a national HIV prevalence survey.
14 May 2010 : Babies 'dying because of poor care'  MSN ZA News
Mothers and children have frequent access to healthcare facilities, but the poor quality of care they receive is leading to unnecessary deaths, a new report from the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) shows.
14 May 2010 : Minister: No to baby formula  The Witness
Infant milk formula is “no different from skin lightening creams” and should be banned worldwide, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said yesterday.
14 May 2010 : Data on underage sex released  Business Day
More than one in 10 boys and one in seven girls have had sex by the time they tirn 15, according to a report released yesterday.
14 May 2010 : Children under siege  The Times
The death rate of South African children under the age of five is increasing because of poor healthcare.
14 May 2010 : 1 in 10 kids have had sex  Health24
More than one in ten boys and one in seven girls have had sex by the time they turn 15, according to a report released on Thursday.
14 May 2010 : Young teens sexually active  Daily Sun
More than one in 10 boys and one in seven girls have sex by the time they turn 15, according to a report released yesterday.
14 May 2010 : Babies 'dying because of poor care'  Business Day
Mothers and children have frequent access to healthcare facilities, but the poor quality of care they receive is leading to unnecessary deaths, a new report from the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) shows.
14 May 2010 : Infant mortality unacceptably high in South Africa, study on child health finds  Cape Argus
A new study on child health in South Africa has raised a red flag on the level of maternal and antenatal health care provided in the country's public health insitutions.
14 May 2010 : Baby formula 'must be banned'  The Citizen
Infant milk formula was "no different from skin lightening creams" and should be banned worldwide, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said yesterday.
13 May 2010 : SA teens' sexual behaviour revealed  Cape Times
More than one in ten boys and one in seven girls have had sex by the time they turn 15, according to a report released on Thursday.
13 May 2010 : HSRC report focuses on state of children's health in SA  SABC News
Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi is to receive a report compiled by the Human Sciences Research Council dealing with the state of South African children's health. The report deals with a variety of issues affecting the health of children from birth up to 18 years. Health spokesperson Fidel Hadebe says it also focuses on the 2015 Millennium Development goals in the health field.
13 May 2010 : SA teens' sexual behaviour revealed  Sunday Tribune
More than one in ten boys and one in seven girls have had sex by the time they turn 15, according to a report released on Thursday.
13 May 2010 : Ban infant formula - Motsoaledi  Research Channel
Infant milk formula was "no different from skin lightening creams" and should be banned worldwide, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said on Thursday.
13 May 2010 : More pregnant women access antenatal care  BuaNews Online
Ninety seven percent of pregnant mothers have had access to antenatal care during their pregnancies with 71.4 percent receiving antenatal services five times during their pregnancy, a study by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) has found.
13 May 2010 : Breastfeeding best - formula ban proposed  Allforwomen.co.za
Breastfeeding is best and infant milk formulas should be banned, according to a statement made by the South African Minister of Health Aaron Motsoaledi on Thursday.
13 May 2010 : One in ten kids 'have had sex', survey reveals  Mail&Guardian online
More than one in ten boys and one in seven girls have had sex by the time they turn 15, according to a report released on Thursday.
13 May 2010 : SA teens' sexual behaviour revealed  Daily News
More than one in ten boys and one in seven girls have had sex by the time they turn 15, according to a report released on Thursday.
13 May 2010 : SA teens' sexual behaviour revealed  iol.co.za
More than one in ten boys and one in seven girls have had sex by the time they turn 15, according to a report released on Thursday.
13 May 2010 : SA teens' sexual behaviour revealed  Pretoria News
More than one in ten boys and one in seven girls have had sex by the time they turn 15, according to a report released on Thursday.
13 May 2010 : SA teens' sexual behaviour revealed  The Star
More than one in ten boys and one in seven girls have had sex by the time they turn 15, according to a report released on Thursday.
13 May 2010 : Ban infant formula - Motsoaledi  News24.com
Infant milk formula is "no different from skin lightening creams" and should be banned worldwide, Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi said on Thursday.
13 May 2010 : SA teens' sexual behaviour revealed  Weekned Argus
More than one in ten boys and one in seven girls have had sex by the time they turn 15, according to a report released on Thursday.
07 May 2010 : SA studies Brazil’s model for leveraging industry through procurement  Engineering News
The decision by the Brazilian government to set a 65% to 75% local-content condition on companies seeking to secure concessional funding from the country’s influential development bank, BNDES, has been key to boosting manufacturing investment and industrial production in the South American country over the past decade.
05 May 2010 : COPE shambles blamed on infighting  inet.co.za
Political analysts yesterday blamed the sorry state of affairs in the Congress of the People (COPE) on internal leadership squabbles, saying leaders had neglected to build party structures.
03 May 2010 : Planning Commission mostly activists  inet.co.za
It is not surprising, perhaps, that many of the 24 members of the Planning Commission announced by President Jacob Zuma on Friday should have been struggle activists in their early years, nor perhaps is it any less surprising that many of them are academics.
03 May 2010 : Government's best laid plans  Business Report
The country still does not know who is in charge of economic policy, despite important announcements by President Jacob Zuma on Friday.
03 May 2010 : Ramaphosa, Godsell for national planning commission  sagoodnews.co.za
ANC heavyweight and businessman Cyril Ramaphosa, and former Eskom chairman Bobby Godsell have been appointed to government's National Planning Commission that forms part of the Presidency Ministry.
03 May 2010 : National health is an unaffordable luxury  fanews.co.za
Government seems to have lost some of its early enthusiasm for the long-awaited National Health Insurance (NHI) plan. Industry stakeholders remain in the dark over the final structure of the system and have been forced to rely on the leaked (and ageing) 200-page National Health Insurance Plan for South Africa. The document was compiled by an ANC task team headed by Dr Olive Shisana, chief executive of the Human Sciences Research Council. The government hopes to provide equal access to quality healthcare for all South Africans; but the solution proposed thus far is sketchy around issues of implementation and affordability.
02 May 2010 : Discontent over NPC make-up  City Press
Signs of discontent have already emerged over the 25-member National Planning Commission (NPC) barely a day after President Jacob Zuma released their names on Friday.
28 Apr 2010 : Why getting our ABCs right would spell growth for SA  Business Day
The cognitive skills of your population drive long-term economic growth. This is the subject of an organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development report in January, which argues that cognitive skills actually promote gross domestic product (GDP) growth through increased productivity and innovation. South Africans shold take note.
28 Apr 2010 : EC universities reveal current HIV/Aids stats  Daily Dispatch
Two Eastern Cape universities have revealed their HIV/Aids statistics following a survey that showed 6.4% of the student population in the Eastern Cape was living with the disease.
27 Apr 2010 : Childline lambastes muti killings  Northern Star
The KwaZulu-Natal branch of Childline has responded angrily to the brutal killing of a 1-year old toddler in Verulamlast month. In an article published in the Northern Star, it was alleged that the boy was mutilated in bushes in the Cottonlands area for muti. Police have opened an inquest docket and it is believed the suspects are still at large.
22 Apr 2010 : Syndicate suspected in child trafficking ring  Weekend Post Online
THE appearance of six men in the Port Elizabeth Magistrate’s Court this week on 30 charges of violating the Child and Sexual Offences Act, drug trafficking and rape has highlighted the scourge of child trafficking in the city ahead of the Fifa World Cup. The six men, all Nigerian nationals and believed to be part of a syndicate, are accused of luring children as young as 11 into the sex trade for financial gain, as well as molesting their victims sexually.
21 Apr 2010 : United in our exaggerated fears of one another  Business Day
Many black and white South Africans agree on one thing: both have an exaggerated fear of the power of the other.
21 Apr 2010 : United in homophobia  The Mercury
There is an advert linked to the World Cup that has various South African personalities talking about what makes us South African. The world is told that South Africans ar efriendly and love to dance and sing.
21 Apr 2010 : Still 355 000 cup tickets for sale  Pretoria News
World Cup organisers still have 35 000 tickets to sell in the eight weeks leading up to the tournament.
18 Apr 2010 : World Cup tickets available for fans  Cape Times
Johannesburg - World Cup organisers still have 355 000 tickets to sell in the eight weeks leading up to the tournament as they continue to sacrifice short-term profits for the sake of long-term benefits and a better image for South Africa.
18 Apr 2010 : The scourge of Malema and the impending showdown  Sunday Tribune
Have the chickens come home to roost? Julius Malema, the ANC Youth League president, hailed the Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe and insulted a BBC journalist in full view of the world, as if to celebrate his antics.
15 Apr 2010 : Blood on the land  You magazine
More than 3 000 people-farmers and workers- have been murdered on farms across South Africa since 1994.
10 Apr 2010 : Transport plans 'too littlle too late'  Pretoria News Weekend
Traffick defines Gauteng. It's a critical facet of life in the province - the continent's economic hub. And in just under three months, Gauteng will kick off the nation's staging of the World Cup. There are three World Cup stadiums in Gauteng - two in Joburg and one in Pretoria. More than 20 of the 64 World Cup matches will be played here, including the opening game and the final.
10 Apr 2010 : Will the World Cup be a transport of delight?  Saturday Star
Traffic defines Joburg. It's a critical facet of life in the greater Gauteng province, but in Joburg - the continent's economic hub - it comes into its own. And in just under three months, the province will kick off the nation's staging of the World Cup stadiums in Gauteng - two in Joburg and one in Pretoria. More than 20 of 64 World Cup matches will be played here, including the opening game and the final.
09 Apr 2010 : A shot across the bows  Financial Mail
Economic development minister Ebrahim Patel's creation of a new economic advisory panel is clear indication of his wish to change direction on economic policy, and seems designed to deliver a result in favour of SA abondoning inflation targeting and actively suppressing the rand.
08 Apr 2010 : Pro-rich health services slated  Daily News
South Africa must move away from its "pro-rich" system of health services and make medical care available to all, says the Chief Executive of the Human Sciences Research Coulcil, Dr Olive Shisana.
05 Apr 2010 : Overall campus HIV rate is lower than in communities
A survey of more than 23 000 students and staff members at 21 institutions of higher education has established that the national HIV prevalence rate among students is 3.4% and among academic staff the rate is 1.5%. However, there are wide variations in HIV prevalence from region to region and among institutions within some regions.
04 Apr 2010 : Coloureds will erode academic reputation of varsity - HSRC study  City Press
An increase in the number of coloured students would result in falling academic standards and would be accompanied by the financial ruin of Stellenbosch University (SU), suggests a Human Science Research Council study.
04 Apr 2010 : 'Kill the boer'  Sunday Independent
What would South Gauteng High Court Judge Leon Halgrayn have made of the late Joe Slovo? Slovo would have certainly posed a challenge to the learned judge who ruled that the liberation song containing lyrics that refers to the killing of amabhulu (boers) is unconstitutional, for, according to him, it incites the killing of white people by black mobs.
04 Apr 2010 : We must all join the war against the modern slave trade  Sunday Times
The shocking report on human trafficking released by the Human Sciences Research Council recently has made South Africans aware of a crime phenomenon that has hitherto not been regarded by some as a serious problem.
03 Apr 2010 : HSRC puts nutrition on menu  Saturday Weekend Argus
Under-nutrition i sjust as much of a health challenge in South Africa as obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure, and now more answers about the link between social factors and nutrition are expected, thanks to a new specialist centre attached to the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC).
01 Apr 2010 : Give up or give 5 minutes  The Teacher
Devoting a little quality time to talking about HIV/Aids in assembly can make a big difference, writes Joan Dommisse ssembly is not necessarily the highlight of your week as a learner or teacher, but it is an honoured practice in South African ...
29 Mar 2010 : Unemployment: SA working solutions
“The unemployment problem has simply become too big for business as-usual approaches. Creative solutions are essential” — MIRIAM ALTMAN
26 Mar 2010 : Stiglitz to serve on Patel board  Fin24.com
Dr Olive Shisana has been appointed as an advisor to Economics Development Minister Ebrahim Patel's ministerial advisory panel, alongside prominent experts that will include Joseph Stiglitz, the 2001 Nobel Economics Prize laureate and a former chief economist of the World Bank. The panel will meet four times a year.
26 Mar 2010 : Protest peacefully, researchers tell frustrated residents  Pretoria News
Researchers from across the spectrum have urged the government to do more to deliver basic services to the masses while acknowledging some of the challenges it gaces.
26 Mar 2010 : Call for action on human trafficking  The Herald
Human trafficking in South Africa is a serious problem and warrants intervention on all fronts, according to a study released at a National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) conference on human trafficking, which ended in Cape Town yesterday.
26 Mar 2010 : Protest peacefully, researchers tell frustrated residents  Pretoria News
Researchers from across the spectrum have urged the government to do more to deliver basic services to the masses while acknowledging som eof the challenges it faces.
26 Mar 2010 : SA youth a ticking bomb  Financial Mail
SA's youth are a ticking bomb. As overused as this metaphor is, it is accurate. The youth unemployment cannot be solved on its own, no matter how well the economy performs. Carol Paton looks at how SA is failing its youth and why it's critical that something be done.
25 Mar 2010 : SA's malnutrition problem growing  Sowetan
South Africa is sitting on a malnutrition time bomb - with people either severely over- or underweight, top nutrition expert Demetre Labadarios has warned.
25 Mar 2010 : 'Staat moet ingryp in mensehandel'  Beeld
Mensehandel in Suid-Afrika is 'n "baie ernstige probleem" wat dringende ingryping op verskeie vlakke noodsaak.
25 Mar 2010 : Race still dogs SA students  SABCNews.com
A new study that has been published by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) on higher education in South Africa shows that race continues to be a significant factor on who dropsout of university, who graduates and who finds a job. The study titled Student Retention and Graduate Destination: Higher education and labour market access and success is predicated on concerns that at 15% South Africa’s graduation rate is among the lowest in the world. Further concerns are that they are huge disparities in the graduation rates of Black and White students with research findings suggesting that the average graduation rate of White students tends to be double that of Black students.
25 Mar 2010 : Swart studente sukkel om werk te kry  Beeld
Swart studente het 'n skraler kans om werk te kry as wittes, ongeag of hulle aan histories swart universiteite (HSU's) of histories wit universiteite
25 Mar 2010 : State urged to tackle human trafficking  Business Day
Government and civil society need to take serious action against human trafficking in SA, according to a Human Sciences Research Council report released yesterday.
25 Mar 2010 : Human trafficking in SA is a serious problem  The Star
Government and civil society need to take serious action against human trafficking in South Africa, according to a Human Sciences Research Council report released yesterday.
25 Mar 2010 : Fears of human trafficking spike linked to 2010  Business Day
The expected arrival of 350,000 football fans in South Africa for the World Cup in June has provoked fears of increased levels of human trafficking. A new study suggests that one major obstacle to preventing this is the lack of accurate information about the extent of the problem.
25 Mar 2010 : State urged to tackle human trafficking  inet.co.za
GOVERNMENT and civil society need to take serious action against human trafficking in SA, according to a Human Sciences Research Council report released yesterday.
25 Mar 2010 : State urged to tackle hum trafficking  inet.co.za
Government and civil society need to take serious action against human trafficking in SA, according to a Human Sciences Research Council report released yesterday.
25 Mar 2010 : Race still dogs SA students  SABCNews.com
A new study that has been published by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) on higher education in South Africa shows that race continues to be a significant factor on who dropsout of university, who graduates and who finds a job. The study titled Student Retention and Graduate Destination: Higher education and labour market access and success is predicated on concerns that at 15% South Africa’s graduation rate is among the lowest in the world. Further concerns are that they are huge disparities in the graduation rates of Black and White students with research findings suggesting that the average graduation rate of White students tends to be double that of Black students.
25 Mar 2010 : Trafficking bill to close loopholes  TheMercury
Unattended and vulnerable children face the risk of being trafficked for labour or sexual exploitation during the World Cup.
24 Mar 2010 : Patel's institute to 'churn out' policies  inet.co.za
Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel told MPs on Tuesday that he plans to have the core of an Economic Development Institute in place by the end of this year, and to have produced ten policy documents on growth and employment issues by next March.
24 Mar 2010 : Patel panel left-leaning  inet.co.za
Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel has appointed a panel of advisers packed with left-leaning opponents of former finance minister Trevor Manuel’s hardline economics — including renowned Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz.
24 Mar 2010 : Human trafficking plagues SA  BuaNews
Pretoria - South Africa continues to be a hub and destination for human trafficking and serious intervention is needed to curb this practice, says a study by the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC).
24 Mar 2010 : State must tackle human trafficking, says the HSRC  City Press
Government and civil society need to take serious action against human trafficking in South Africa, according to a Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) report released today.
23 Mar 2010 : Stigliz to serve Patel board  Fin24.com
Dr Olive Shisana has been appointed as an advisor to Economics Development Minister Ebrahim Patel's ministerial advisory panel, alongside prominent experts that will include Joseph Stiglitz, the 2001 Nobel Economics Prize laureate and a former chief economist of the World Bank. The panel will meet four times a year.
16 Mar 2010 : New centre set to defuse malnutrition time bomb  Cape Times
South Africa is sitting on a malnutrition time bomb, with people severely either over- or underweight, nutrition expert Professor Demetre Labadarios has warned.
11 Mar 2010 : SA divided as blood is spilled in the name of God-fearing homophobia  Cape Times
As much as those of us who identify ourselves as social progressives would like to believe otherwise, the reality is that South Africa is a bastion of social conservatism. Indeed, one of the most glaring contradictions of South Africa's post-apartheid "transition" is that the widely acknowledged (and regularly celebrated) social progressiveness of the constitution is, in large part, at fundamental odds with the beliefs and views of the majority of South Africans.
08 Mar 2010 : 2010 revenue over-rated: Researcher says World Cup is not a cash cow  Daily News
The benefits of the World Cup have been overestimated, warns a Durban researcher who has spent five years looking at the effects the event will have on South Africa.
08 Mar 2010 : Women reduced to support act as World Cup showcases men's prowess  The Mercury
It may be a bit late to raise this issue with South Africa less than 100 days from the World Cup kick-off.
08 Mar 2010 : World Cup maketh man, not woman  The Star
It may be a bit late to raise this issue with South Africa fewer than 100 days from the World Cup kick-off. Nevertheless, it must be put on record that it has not gone unnoticed that everthing to do with this global sporting event has been in the interests of men. This includes the consolidation of male power, business opportunities and putting men in the driving seat as those able to perform, achieve and deliver.
08 Mar 2010 : Researcher says World Cup is not a cash cow  Daily News
The benefits of the World Cup have been overestimated, warns a Durban researcher who has spent five years looking at the effects the event will have on South Africa.
08 Mar 2010 : Analysts rubbish JZ plot claim  Sowetan
Political analysts have rubbished unions' claims that there is a "plot" by a small group of corrupt ANC leaders to unseat President Jacob Zuma.
05 Mar 2010 : Hand-out is hand-up  Financial Mail
SA's burgeoning welfare population - the 14m people who reeceive social grants - usually make intelligent choices on how to spend their money, according to new research conducted by Finmark Trust, a lobby group which aims to find ways of extending financial services to the poor.
05 Mar 2010 : Counting the cost  Financial Mail
The 25% average annual tariff increase awarded to Eskom over the next three years has been met with relief - especially by economists, who have been falling over themselves to revise their inflation forecasts downwards.
05 Mar 2010 : Cross-border storm brews  Financial Mail
Though government has won a significant legal victory in the provincial demarcation issue, it is unlikely to quell the protests in affected communities.
01 Mar 2010 : Factors associated with female high-risk drinking in rural and urban South African site  South African medical journal
Excessive alcohol consumption is responsible for many health, psychological, sexual, social and economic peoblems. In South Africa in 2002, '7% of disability-adjusted life-years (DALYS) and 7.1% of deaths were attributable to alcohol.
01 Mar 2010 : The economics of knowledge  IMIESA
As members of the civil engineering and constrcution industry as entrepreneurs, it is important that we consider new ideas and concepts, and even what is known. However, I would hasten to add, because we are ussually stretched for time, we often miss crucial fragments of information because we don not pay enough attention to what is being said.
01 Mar 2010 : Engineered to succeed  BBQ
Still hampered by a pressing skills shortage and amid cautious optimism that South Africa may be 'on track' with its numerous infrastructure projects, the engineering sector is very concerned about the future after 2010.
25 Feb 2010 : Affirmative action symposium aims to build social cohesion  SABC News
The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) is hosting a two day symposium on affirmative action from tomorrow in Pretoria. In South Africa ‘affirmative action’ (AA) broadly refers to government policies that account for; and/or respond to exclusions based on race, gender, class, ethnicity and disability.
19 Feb 2010 : Gambling on growth  Fincial Mail
Despite a dramatic deterioration in SA's fiscal fortunes, finance minister Pravin Gordhan's first budget holds a steady course. Treasury not only has a plan to rein in the budget deficit and the determination to carry it out, it is also boldly proposing that SA chart a new growth path that creates more jobs.
19 Feb 2010 : Creative thinking needed  Financial Mail
Over the past year or two, politicians have promised a "development state", "paradigm change", a "new growth path", and "decent work". These forceful words demonstrate a desire by government to ease SA's widespread poverty and unemployment.
18 Feb 2010 : ANC disclosure of interests poliocy on way  Business Day
The African National Congress (ANC) is completing a policy proposal spelling out how members will be required to disclose their business interests, a move designed to promote transparency and eradicate the potential for corruption and conflict of interest.
10 Feb 2010 : ‘Sorry’ Zuma tries to calm storm ahead of key speech  AllAfrica.com
Wilson Johwa — PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma 's apology to the nation for his latest sexual indiscretion appeared in danger of backfiring yesterday, as analysts and political opponents dismissed it as contrived and lacking substance.
10 Feb 2010 : Balfour protesters calm down  News24.com
Balfour's Siyathemba informal settlement was "quiet" at midday on Wednesday following three days of protests which ended with a library being burnt and at least 32 arrests.
08 Feb 2010 : ‘Sorry’ Zuma tries to calm storm ahead of key speech  Business Day
PRESIDENT Jacob Zuma ’s apology to the nation for his latest sexual indiscretion appeared in danger of backfiring yesterday, as analysts and political opponents dismissed it as contrived and lacking substance.
04 Feb 2010 : No reservations  FinWeek
Remember when the informal sector was presented as the panacea for South Africa's economic problems, particularly unemployment? The view was particularly prevalent in the Eighties and Nineties, when information about the size of the informal sector and how many people were employed in it was virtually non-existent.
04 Feb 2010 : The division between private and public life  The Mercury
That President Zuma has a right to privacy cannot be denied. That we have a right to discuss what that means for our society is also our right as citizens, writes Nomboniso Gasa.
03 Feb 2010 : Zuma has failed cultural test  Sowetan
Inyala lisikizi: aliyonto yokuqhayisa – debauchery is shameful and not something to boast about, goes a Xhosa saying. Drawing from his fountain of African wisdom, Julius Malema, the ANC Youth League president, has warned “... we are Africans, we cannot discuss the private affairs of our elders and Zuma is a father to us all ...”
01 Feb 2010 : State of play  Psychologies
The national fervour engendered by the 1995 Rugby World Cup, the 1996 African Cup of Nations and the 2003 Cricket World Cup symbolically amplified our reputation as a 'rainbow nation'.
26 Jan 2010 : Black youth left in limbo  Sowetan
In a chapter that appears in Linda Cooper and Shirley Walters' recent book, Learning/Work: Turning Work and Lifelong Learning Inside Out, I argue that the issue of students dropping out is disquieting because it is perceived to reflect inadequacies in the education system with regard to quality and quantity.
21 Jan 2010 : Should I stay or should I go?  studentvillage.co.za
South Africa is suffering from a massive skills haemorrhage, losing thousands of newly graduated professionals to seemingly 'greener pastures' each year.
21 Jan 2010 : State may go private with more of Eskom  Business Day
The government has given the first indication that it might consider selling stakes in some of Eskom's existing power stations to raise cash to fund Eskom's build programme, with a senior official confirming yesterday it was "open to all options".
12 Jan 2010 : Pregnancies keep EC pupils from success  Dispatchonline
Mbizana district schools have one of the highest pregnancy rates in the Eastern Cape province.
02 Jan 2010 : Whites also want 2010 to be a success  Cape Argus
"White South Africans would like to see the country's hosting of the event fail," was the comment of Dr Essop Pahad, a member of the 2010 World Cup Organising Committee, in 2008.
01 Jan 2010 : Female perspective should be taught in school  Agenda
Last couple of years ago, I participated in a colloquium titled, "Gender Equity in Education," organised by the Human Sciences Research Council and the British Council. It was intended to look critically at the last 10 years of gender equity in education, explore new thinking on gender equity, revive gender activism in education and to design a sustainable implementation plan.